Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Similar to institutions nationwide, we saw enrollment plummet during the pandemic, dropping by 20% in 2020-2021. This is critical in the face of a shrinking student population. Proactive Student Support Services Our Student Services Call Center plays a huge role in ensuring students feel seen and heard.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students. The Village is located near campus and provides wraparound services including case management, counseling and tutoring.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Since then, the recipient institutions have put their gifts of millions of dollars to use in several ways, seeking to enhance what they offer to the many – and often underprivileged – students that they serve. So far, the program has served 111 students, says Amanda Nipp, Northeast’s vice president of student services.

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MAY 9, 2023

The average age of a community college student is 27, and 35% of students are between the ages of 22 and 39. Lack of funding for institutional needs The Federal Government established the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stability Act (CARES) on March 27, 2020.

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MAY 30, 2023

Since 2020, enrollment at community colleges has declined 5.4 percent, 1 which has prompted institutions to reflect on practices that impact student success and on barriers students face in their pursuit of higher education. 2020 Case Study Compendium , p. Where Are the Students? Alief I.S.D. Partnership.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For those of you who haven't heard of College Greenlight, the simplest way to describe it is that we're a network of partners dedicated to supporting first generation, lower income and historically underserved students on their path to and through higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

professor emeritus of higher education at New York University, who first met de los Santos in the 1960s and remained close friends with him until de los Santos’ death in 2020. Very few students who were in remedial courses made it to a freshman or sophomore course. Richardson Jr., He never excluded anyone.

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